Global Grant - Rotarians for Family Health & Aids Prevention in Ghana

Our Global Grant Project in the Fall of 2016 provided $5,000 support for Family Health Days in Ghana, supporting Ghana Rotarians treating 50,000+ Ghanaians in October, 2016. The Grant was presented in partnership with the Rotary Club of Johnson City, TN, and District 7570. PDG and RFFA Executive Director, Alicia Michael, and Dunwoody Rotarian, Marion Bunch, Past Executive Director of RFFA, led the charge in the recruitment of sponsorship for this project.

Our second Global Funds Donation, an additional $5,000, provided much needed support directly to RFHA Rotarians for Family Health and Aids Prevention, Inc., serving 650,000 people, in five countries (South Africa, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, and India) and an estimated 6,000 local Rotary volunteers throughout the 2016 - 2017 service year, with an estimated budget need of $1,350,000.

The primary goal of the program is to promote a healthy and active lifestyle for all family members in the marginalized population groups in these five countries. The RFHA Program is sustainable by the very nature of the services it provides - - sustainable immunizations and vaccines, education in nutrition, diabetes and how to use malaria- treated bed nets. Also, HIV and other disease testing and family counseling efforts are provided with follow-up by NGO partners for those that test positive.